Dr. Marvin Wachman (1917-2007) was a great advocate for educating young people. In a distinguished academic career, he served as president of both Temple University and Lincoln University and led the Foreign Policy Research Institute as president from 1983 to 1989. Throughout his life, he remained a passionate believer that “you never stop learning.”
Established in 1990, the Wachman Center is dedicated to improving international and civic literacy for high school teachers and high school students.

December 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Soviet Russia. Both dates give reason to reexamine the history of Eurasia, a vast region with many ethnic groups and multiple religions, at times united under authoritarian governments, at other times divided between dozens of countries.

Moderated by Ronald J. Granieri, Director of FPRI’s Center for the Study of America and the West

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The world’s second largest Muslim country, Pakistan is routinely portrayed as a dangerously unstable state, with particular concern about the possibility of its nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands. And while it’s been an American ally since the 1950s, there has been a consistent lack of affection between the two nations. How can this be explained? And is it possible for the United States to have close and positive relations with both Pakistan and India, or are those two relationships mutually exclusive?

To answer these and other questions, we are pleased to feature Raza Bokhari, the International Spokesperson for General Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan. He is a Trustee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Vice Chairman of the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and Past President of the Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee. He is also the author of several FPRI commentaries on the current state of Pakistan and Pakistani-American relations.

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Live attendance is open to FPRI Members at the $75 Level;

Luncheon immediately following the program is open to FPRI Members at the $500 level.

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